discuss: Is a VNC HOWTO needed/useful?
Subject:
Re: Is a VNC HOWTO needed/useful?
From:
Tabatha Persad ####@####.####
Date:
17 Nov 2002 19:07:58 -0000
Message-Id: <1037560093.6116.3.camel@mysticchild.dbsoftware.com>
Hi Megan,
You found the URL for the mini-HOWTO that I was referring to. I believe
that typically you would want to talk to the author/maintainer, but the
mini-HOWTO isn't in circulation at LDP so I still think it's a good idea
- even better with the user-oriented point of view.
Tabatha
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 08:25, Megan Golding wrote:
> Some excellent points and comments...
>
> "Hal Burgiss" ####@####.#### said:
> > I'd would personally like to see X11 vs VNC addressed a little.
>
> Very good point. I'd imagine taling about X11 forwarding in the
> Introduction as a "Why VNC?" explanation.
>
> "Tabatha Persad" ####@####.#### said:
> > ...I didn't see anything about this in the current collection.
> > Looks also like at one point LDP had a VNC HOWTO for 3.3.3r2,
> > but it might have been a while ago because only the license
> > was in the folder I found on Google, the documentation was
> > long gone (and it wasn't in LDP, it was at another web site).
>
> Can you provide a URL? If there's a TLDP maintainer to contact, I'll
> gladly do so and work with him/her. I did find the VNC mini-howto at
> http://nift.freeshell.org/vnc-mini-howto/. What does the TLDP suggest
> when a similar howto exists, but not in TLDP? Contact the author and
> work with him/her?
>
> "John Tapsell" ####@####.#### said:
> > It would be quite nice to quickly mention exporting X using
> > ssh -X and also providing a link to ltsp.org
>
> Another excellent point.
>
> I'm leaning towards changing the topic a little -- making the
> document more user-centered. VNC HOWTO is useful only if you already
> know what VNC is and roughly what it does. That's great for some
> people, but beginners aren't going to go looking for VNC if what they
> want to do is "log in to my work computer from home and get the full
> graphical desktop".
>
> I could pull in ssh -X and X11 forwarding to round out the topic
> under a different title (the wording for which escapes me now).
>
>
> jdd ####@####.#### wrote:
> > the original doc is pretty good and the product simple
>
> I agree with you, the VNC guys at AT&T did a nice job documenting the
> app. If I didn't already know about VNC, though, I never would've
> found their site. Hrmm...this is even more reason to refocus the
> HOWTO into "connecting to a graphical desktop on a remote computer".
> That way, the reader will find the doc based on what he/she wants to
> do.
>
> > may be enlarge a little your doc to cover tinyvnc & co
>
> Good pointer -- I'll be sure tinyvnc as well as TightVNC are
> discussed.
>
>
> Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and comments. So, it comes
> down to this: what does everyone think of refocusing the topic? I'll
> cover a few more options and the title will reflect a user need (now,
> if only I could fit the concept into a few words for a title!).
>
> Regards,
> Meg
>
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